Key takeaways from the Open Source 360° Survey by the Center for Open Source Research and Innovation.

1. 74%
Demographics:
66%
of companies
surveyed
contribute to
open source
projects
Key takeaways from
the Open Source 360°
2017 Survey by Black
Duck’s Center for Open
Source Research and
Innovation (COSRI).
of respondents are
software developers, IT
operations/professionals,
systems architects,
development managers,
and security professionals
of respondents said their
organizations’ use of open
source increased in the last year
indicated that
they don’t have
a formal process
or are unaware
of one in their
organization
The world’s appetite for open
source software is voracious
in all industries around the
world, in companies of all
sizes. But even today most
companies are not effective
in securing and managing it.
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60%
Usage:
Contribution:
61%
Policy & Governance:
of respondents use internal
resources to manually
identify and track
remediation of known
open source vulnerabilities53%
Risk: